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Love is Never Silent	By : OneWingedAngel Category: Final Fantasy VII > Het - Male/Female Views: 1950 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
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Rude sighed annoyed, as he looked at himself in the mirror. Instead of his usual outfit, he was wearing a purple tank top, white pants, with a blush sash tied around his waist, he had purple wrists bands on each of his wrists and was wearing a pair of comfortable brown boots.. He sighed again as he scratched his head again. -I can’t believe I’m wearing this.- On top of his head, was a messy blond wig, which was tied back into a pony tail. He shook his head at his appearance. -Is this really what I look like with hair?- Tonight was the Halloween party at 7th Heaven, Tifa had given him the invitation before they broke up and she had made a comment that she would like to see him dress up for it. This was his last ditch effort to trying to win Tifa back, if this didn’t work, he didn’t know what else to do, but it just had to work!
~~--~~
Reno walked up to the apartment whistling a bit, as he spun his keys around his finger. Today was a good day for Reno, Tseng didn't bother him with any paperwork, Elena was too busy doing whatever it was Elena did and Rufus was busy examining the oil field's paperwork to give any missions. So he spent most of his day flirting with the cute new intern at the front desk. Of course, it would've been a better day if Rude had come to the office, then he would have gotten more than the interns number. With Rude by his side as a silent wingman, he had no problem getting any female he wanted. He had to admit that way deep, deep, deep down Reno kinda felt bad for what he did to Rude and Tifa. Tifa wasn't that bad of a person, she had a lot of nice assets too. For some reason, which he couldn't understand why, Rude really liked Tifa, not just for her assets. Reno unlocked the door and walked in, looked at his roommate and began to laugh loudly. “Rude, what the hell happened to you?!” He asked as he clutched his sides.
Rude rolled his eyes as he looked at Reno's. reflection. “Shut up Reno.” He muttered as he fixed his wig.
“That hair just looks bad on you man! You can't pull off the blond haired look!” He said, as he wiped away a tear from his eye.
“I pull it off better than your red haired look.”
Reno gasped a bit. “That's low even for you partner! Besides, I was born with this red hair!”

Rude just raised an eyebrow at him in reply.
“So who are you supposed to be and why are you wearing it?”
“What does it matter to you?”
Reno rolled his eyes. “Cause you're going out somewhere! You've been a lump for weeks now! Now you're finally deciding you wanna go out! I gotta know what's going on!” He said eagerly.
Rude sighed again. “It's Halloween. There is a party at 7th Heaven.”
“A party? Why did you tell me about this?!”
“Because I didn't want you go. This is too important for you to mess up Reno.”
“So?? It's a party! Sorry dude, but you wouldn't know a party if it jumped up and bit you on your butt. I need to go along with you and show you how to act at a party.”
“You can't go Reno.”
“Well why not?” Reno asked whining.
“Two reasons. One, you don't have a costume. Two, this is my last shot to get Tifa back. If you go, you'll ruin everything.”
Reno put his hand on Rude’s shoulder. “Dude, I gotta be honest with you, ever since you broke up with Tifa, you've become a real bore.”
Rude rolled his eyes. “Yeah and I wonder whose fault that was? It couldn't have been your fault.” He said as sarcastically as he could.
Reno rolled his eyes back at him. “Anyway, so I was thinking, out of the goodness of my heart and because you are my bro, I've decided that I'm going to help get you and Tifa back together.” He held up his hand, to stop Rude. “No, no. You don't need to thank me Rude. I'm doing this to help you to not be so boring!”
“That's your only reason?”
Reno just gave a lopsided grin. “That and I haven't been doing very well with the girls. I need my wingman back!”
Rude sighed, rubbing his forehead. “You still can't go Reno, you don't have a costume.”
Reno thought for a few moments. “I got it! I got the perfect costume!” He then ran into his room leaving a trail of dust behind him.
Rude just rolled his eyes again, as he looked back at the mirror and continued to straighten his wig. -How do people with hair deal with this? It's so itchy!-
“Alright dude! I'm ready to go!”
Rude’s mouth fell open as he looked at Reno's reflection. “Reno, why?”
Reno was standing there, in a purple uniform, his hair spiked up and holding what looked like a mishmash of items, wrapped in tin foil. “I figure with this costume, I can score all the babes!”
“Are you supposed to be...Cloud?”
“Yup.” He nodded, placing his “Buster Sword” on his shoulder. “Course I don't have the blond hair, but honestly, blond hair doesn't look good on anyone.
“That 'costume' of yours is going to piss Tifa off.” Rude said as he finally got his wig to lay perfectly straight.
“Psh. Yeah right, I bet my costume will get her to start dating me instead of you.”
“200 gil says you're wrong.”
“Oh ho! It's on now partner! But don't be crying when your ex is with me by the end of the night!” Reno said laughing, walking out the door.
Rude just rolled his eyes under his sunglasses as he walked out of the apartment after Reno.
~~--~~
Tifa sighed as leaned against the bar, as she use Fira to light the final jack-o-lantern. She couldn't believe she was going through with this party. She wasn't really in the mood, but it was Halloween and 7th Heaven always had a party, so she had no excuse skip out of it. She usually went all out with her costumes, but this year, she was wearing white blouse, a orange jumpsuit, a white buckle on her thigh and red boots. She sighed as she began to make the punch, filling it with a different variety of liquors and juice. -Please life stream, just let me make it through this party with out an incident. And also please keep Marlene away from me!- She thought bitterly as she placed the punch bowl on a table, next to a skeleton and a witch.
“Hey Tifa! This place looks great! ” She heard a voice call out.
Tifa lifted her head and forced a smile on her face as her first guest arrived. She looked over at the guest and laughed. “Nice costume Reeve! You too Cait Sith!”
Reeve was wearing a black suit, with a red cape tied about his neck, holding a megaphone in his hand and a small crown on top of his head. “This costume wasn't my idea.”
Cait Sith, on the other hand, was wearing a small blue suit with an orange tie and had all his fur smoothed back. He shook his head at Reeve. “Don’ be blamin’ me for this. I didna come up with this. Shouldn’ you be talkin’ like this insteada me?”
Reeve just shook his head. “We’ve discussed this Sith. I can’t talk like you.”
“Why no’? You do it all th’ time! It's no’ tha hard! In fac’ you're talkin’ like me righ’ now.”
“Sometimes I wonder why I gave you free will.” Reeve said shaking his head as he helped himself to punch. He took a big swig of it and then look at Tifa seriously. “Tifa, I heard what happened between you and-”
Tifa shook her head. “Reeve, I'm not in the mood to talk about this right now. I'm going to have a good time tonight. I don't want to hear anything about anyone that I used to date. Otherwise, I will kick you out. Understand?” She asked, giving him a hard look.
Reeve nodded. “Alright, but I still think that you need to hear both sides of the argument before you make any more decisions.” He said as he turned and walked over to the bar and sat down in his usual seat, with Sith sitting in front of him.
~~--~~
Tifa sighed as she leaned against the bar, watching as the party was going full blast. She absentmindedly tapped her foot along with the song that was playing. The singer was singing about creatures creeping up behind someone. Cait Sith was leading the group of people in a dance. Tifa just smiled and shook her head a bit. -He's good at making me smile. It's a surprise that he works at ShinRa. There are some nice people that work at ShinRa. Unlike certain lying exes of mine.- Tifa shook her head again. -No Tifa. We're not thinking about him! Tonight is a time to just relax and forget about everything.-
“Umm Tifa?” Marlene asked quietly, looking up at her. Marlene was wearing a long blue wig and a long white dress that showed some of her shoulders and neck. “The punch is getting low.”
Tifa pretended like she didn't hear Marlene and walked over to the punch bowl and began to refill it.
Marlene winced a bit as Tifa ignored her, but she knew that she deserved it. She had to consider herself lucky that Tifa didn't throw her out of the house. Marlene sighed a bit as she went and stood behind the bar and began to refill some of the snacks.
~~--~~
“Alright partner, when we get inside the bar, just let me do all the talking, I'll have Tifa eating out of the palm of my hand before too long.”
Rude just rolled his eyes at him. “No, you'll stay away from Tifa. There will be other girls for you to hit on, you will leave her alone!”
“Oh come on Rude, you need to lighten up. Didn't I say that I was going to get you two back together?”
“For reasons that were purely selfish. Besides, I've learned not to trust a word that comes out of your mouth.” Rude muttered as he adjusted his wig once again.
“Just stop bro, you're fighting a loosing battle with that wig. No matter what you do, it will never lay right. Now, time to get the ladies!” Reno said, as he switched his “Buster Blade” to his other shoulder and opened the door loudly. “Alright ladies! The hero of Gaia has arrived! Please make a mob in an orderly fashion!”
~~-~~
Tifa visibly flinched as she heard the door slam open. “Oh no.” She whispered. “Not them.” She quickly ducked behind the bar, pretending to be searching for something. -Come on Tifa, get a grip on yourself! What are you doing hiding like this? You're acting like such a child! So what if they are here? They are probably just meeting one of Reno’s many admirers. They'll be here a few minutes and then leave. For now, just treat them like you would any customer.- She thought, shaking her head as she straightened back up and began to try and distract herself with cleaning the glasses.

~~--~~
“Hey there beautiful! How about a couple free drinks for the hero of Gaia?” Reno asked, grinning as he leaned up against the bar, giving her a lop sided grin.
Tifa rolled her eyes under her breath as she heard Reno come up to the bar. She took a few minutes longer cleaning the glass than she normally would have. -Just ignore him Tifa. He'll go away soon enough.-
“Come on Tifa, I know you can hear me. You can't just ignore me, I can get real annoying real quick!”
Tifa sighed, shaking her head. “Ain't that the truth?” She muttered as she walked over to him, as soon as she saw him, she stopped dead in her tracks. “R-Reno? What...the...hell?”
Reno smiled a bit at her again. “Hey Tifa, do you like the costume?”
“Are you supposed to be C-Cloud?” She asked hesitantly.
“Well yeah, it is a Halloween Party, and who better to dress as than the Hero of Gaia himself! Just think about all the babes I'm gonna get tonight!”
Tifa’s left hand twitched a bit as she tried to resist the urge to smack him. -He would deserve it, but that probably wouldn't be the best thing to do. Although he is part of the reason that I've been completely miserable, that might be just what I need to feel better. Maybe that should be part of the healing process? Of course it probably wouldn't be the best idea I've had. I'd have to clean up a huge mess and then it is Halloween, it wouldn't be good to have a riot break out.- Tifa sighed annoyed, shaking her head. “Just order your stupid drink and get to flirting with the girls.”
“Oh come on Tifa. After all the hard work I went through to make this costume, I figure you could at least pretend to be nice to me.”
“You spent what, all of 5 minutes getting that costume together? You don't even look like Cloud.”
Reno just grinned as he leaned lazily against the bar. “It was 7 minutes thank you very much. It's really hard to make your hair look like the wrong side of a Chocobo.”
Tifa raised an eyebrow at him. “You barely did anything to your hair. Don't even get me started on your...is that supposed to be Cloud's Buster Blade?”
“I know, it took a lot of hard work to even make this attempt, not everyone has hair that defies all laws of nature. As for my Buster Blade, I admit that it's not the best work I've ever done, but you know, I was rushed and all.”
Tifa just shook her head as she handed him a beer. “Look, seeing as it's Halloween and all, we will have a temporary truce. However, after tomorrow, if I do see your smug face anywhere near me, I will give you a beat down for what you and Marlene did to me. And that's not an empty threat.”
“Ah, so the brat told you everything huh? Damn and here I was hoping that I could finally convince you to sleep with me tonight.”
“Not if you were the last man on Gaia.” She said crossing her arms.
“Y’know, I think I've heard that saying before. Fine, what if I say, I'm acting for a friend? I think you'd really like this guy. He's sitting over there in the corner all by himself. You guys have a lot of common, you both prefer to fight with your fists. You both just got out of a bad relationship. I mean this poor guy had to give up his right to rule to his younger twin brother.” Reno shook his head sadly. “Poor guy has had it rough lately. I figure a pretty girl like yourself could cheer him up.”
“Reno, this “friend” of yours would just happen to be you would it?”
“Nah, it's not me! Just at least talk to the guy. I promise you won't be sorry, besides, he did tell me that you are the most beautiful woman in this bar.” Reno looked up and down the bar before motioning for Tifa to lean closer. Then he placed his cupped hand beside his mouth and whispered, “Course I think he's just over exaggerating.” He then quickly walked away from the bar and barely missed the mini jack-o-lantern that was flung at his head, causing it to hit a wall and explode.
~~--~~

Rude sighed a bit, looking down at the table. He saw the way Tifa reacted when they walked into the door. He shouldn't have let himself be talked into letting Reno of all people try and get them back together. If anything, that probably made the entire situation worse. He looked up at saw Reno walking back over to him, not really liking the way he was walking.
Reno shook his head annoyed as flung himself down on the seat. He then took a long sip from his beer, reaching in his pockets for something.
“So...what did she say?” Rude asked hesitantly.
“Man, I can't believe her. She's so mean sometimes. You know, I go up to her, being all charming and stuff, but she has to act all high and mighty. I swear Rude, I don't know how you could've stood her.” He said annoyed, still digging around in his pockets. “Geez. These SOLDIER outfits are not made for easy pocket access. We gotta talk to the President about this.”
Rude’s eyebrow twitched annoyed. “Reno, I swear if you did anything to hurt her-”
“Ah! Finally! Here 200 gil. She doesn't know what she's missing out.” He said, finally pulling out the gil and throwing it in front of him.
Rude just blinked confused for a few moments, until he realized. “Reno, you went up to talk to her about her going out with you? Are you serious?! You said that you were going to talk to her about trying to get us back together and you tried to get her to go out with you?! I honestly don't know if I'm relieved or pissed.”
Reno rolled his eyes. “Yeah, yeah. See, this is why I need my wingman back! If this was before you two broke up, I would've had no problem getting her to go out with me.”
“If we were still dating, Tifa still wouldn’t have gone at with you, seeing as how she was dating me. Idiot.”
“Oh sure, call me an idiot. After all the hard work I had to do to even get her to try and talk to you. Which hopefully she should. Now go on big guy, go up there and talk to her!”
Rude nodded, then he stood up, but then immediately sat down, putting his hands on his head. “I can't do it.”
“Are you kidding me man? I went up there and got her to consider talking to you and now you're chickening out? Who the hell are you and what have you done with Rude?”
Rude rolled his eyes again. “I'm right here Reno.”
“You aren't the Rude I know! The Rude I know wouldn't be scared to go and do something! He wouldn't just sit here and feel too ashamed of himself to even do anything! The Rude I know is the most stubborn ass of a man alive and always fights for stuff that he believes in. I don't know who you are man, but you aren't the Rude I know. So when you find him, let me know alright?” He said, standing up and walking over to a group of girls and began to talk to them.
Rude sighed a bit, mulling over what Reno said. -Damn it. I hate to admit it, but Reno’s right. I won’t admit to him, he’s got too much of a swelled head to begin with. Why am I just sitting here instead of going out and trying to get her back? Alright, it’s time to man up Rude. We’re going to get this sorted out tonight.-
~~--~~
“This a pretty nice party you've got going on Tifa.”
Tifa looked for the voice and saw Elena standing up at the bar, giving her a smile. “Oh Elena! I didn't see you come up! How long have you been standing there? What can I get you to drink?”
Elena just shook her head and smiled again. “I just got here. I already helped myself to some of your punch.” She said, holding up her cup.
Tifa looked her over a bit confused. “Umm, Elena, you do know that this is a Halloween party right? Typically you dress up when you go to Halloween parties.”
She nodded and took a drink of her punch. “I am dressed up.”
“Elena, you're just wearing your old blue uniform. That's not dressed up.”
Elena sighed a bit and pushed her bangs out of the way. “I am. I'm dressed up as Tseng!” There was a small red dot on her forehead.
“That's an...interesting costume you have Elena. Very..creative.”
Elena smiled and nodded. “Mmhm. I figure one of these days he's bound to notice my existence! Then we'll get married and live happily ever after!”
Tifa laughed a bit. “Well good luck with that Elena. I know it's been a couple years, how did that dinner with Tseng go?”
Elena blushed a bit. “How did you hear about that?”
Tifa just gave her a smile. “I have my sources. So, spill. How did it go?”
Elena smiled again. “Well at first it went pretty good. We ate at a ShinRa only restaurant, it was a nice place. Tseng was a real gentleman.”
“I'm sensing a ‘but’ here.”
Elena nodded sadly. “I thought that it was going to be the start of a relationship between us. But then the next day, it was back to business as usual. I was the rookie, I was ignored again.”
Tifa put a hand on her shoulder. “Well maybe you should find someone else to go after. Tseng has done nothing but ignore you most the time.”
Elena shook her head. “No way! I'm not gonna give up on Tseng that easily! Besides, Rude got you! I'm sure that Tseng will be mine someday.”
Tifa gave her a sad smile. “Your information is a bit outdated Rude isn’t with me anymore. We broke up a few weeks ago.”
“Maybe. Maybe not. Hey, I know this cute little coffee shop just outside of Midgar, maybe after this party is over, we can go and get some? Surprisingly there aren't a lot of female Turks, it's just nice to have a girl time with someone who isn't trying to kiss my butt.”
Tifa smiled a bit. “Yeah, I could use some adult girl time myself. You know Elena, for a Suit, you aren't that bad.”
“I know, for a Rebel, you aren’t that bad either, Tifa. I'll meet you out front of the bar when you close!” Elena gave her a final smile and then walked away.
Tifa just smiled a bit, shaking her head as she began to wipe down the bar of spilled drinks.
~~--~~
Elena walked over to Rude and gave him a reassuring smile and a thumbs up. “Don't worry Rude! I think I'm gonna be able to get Tifa to want to go out with you again!”
Rude sighed, throwing his hands in the air. “Why on Gaia does everyone have to get involved in my personal life? Next time I have something going on in my life, none of you are hearing anything about it!”
“Oh come on Rude. Unlike Reno, I've actually done some good here! I promise you'll be thanking me when you guys are going back out.”
“Yeah sure, we'll name our firstborn after you.” Rude said sarcastically.
“Nah, you can just teach your child to call me Auntie Elena! Oh! You guys are going to have such cute babies! Can I baby-sit for you guys?” She asked eagerly, giving Rude the impression of a chipmunk on a sugar rush.
“Elena, calm down. Tifa and I are still broken up. I don't know if you and Reno have done anything to bring us back together.” Rude sat back in the booth. “So just cut it out...with the family talk.”
Elena blushed a bit nervously. “I-I'm sorry. I'm just so excited! I just know that you two are going to get back together! If you two get back together, that means maybe Tseng and I can get together!”
“You are really hung up on the Director, Elena. You need to find yourself a hobby.”
“I do have a hobby. I have several of them.” Elena said, crossing her arms annoyed.
Rude raised his eyebrow at her. “Such as?”
“Such as collecting old weapons from different areas. My collection of Wutain weapons is second to none. Most museums would kill for part of my collection.”
“Huh. I wouldn't have expected that out of you. I pictured you doing something more feminine, like knitting or something.”
“Psh. My mother tried to teach me and my sister that. She was the one who was good with all the feminine stuff. Course she liked to gloat all the time about how she would always get sweaters right the first time. Course I showed her by beating all of her scores at school.”
“If I remember right, those scores were considered invalid because some of the guns were malfunctioning. Besides, your sister is one of the best marksmen ShinRa’s ever had.”
Elena glared at him, trying to burn him alive with her hatred. “What was that Rude?”
Rude gulped nervously. “O-of course you're the best Rookie that we've ever had! No one comes close to you!”
Elena nodded, content for now with his reply. “That's right and don't you forget it! Now I’m going to go and get some more punch and you’re going to go and talk to Tifa!” She said as she then walked away.
~~--~~
Rude slowly made his way through the crowd and to the bar. He sighed trying to figure out what he was going to say, with minimal success. All he could figure was he would just try and appeal to her memories of them. Remind her of the good times they had. He placed his hands on the bar and silently waited for her to notice him.
Tifa sighed a little, as she saw him approach the bar. She didn't want to have to talk with him, if she was being honest with herself, she hoped he would've left her alone. -But of course he wouldn't. Just suck it up Tifa. Maybe he'll go away in a few minutes, once he realizes that I don't want to talk to him.- Tifa just walked past him and ignored him as she helped the other customers.

Rude’s eyebrow twitched a bit in annoyance. He knew what she was doing, she was avoiding him on purpose but in all honesty, he couldn't blame her. Besides, he was used to being ignored, he had all the patience in the world. He grinned to himself, knowing that sooner or later she'd come up at talk to him.
~~--~~
Tifa tried her hardest to ignore him, but that ridiculous wig just made her look at him. -I'm sure that was his goal all along.- She thought annoyed, putting the plates away with more relish than she normally would. -He just wants me to go over there. He'll probably try and tell me some more of his lies.- She paused for a moment.-But what about what Marlene said? What if Rude really didn't mean to do that? What if he had no other choice?- Tifa mentally shook her head. -No! He still lied to me! He looked me in the eye and lied to me! That's absolutely unforgivable!- She quickly brushed away her tears and sighed, deciding to no longer ignore the elephant in the room.
Rude glanced down at his watch. -She's good. She's been ignoring me for 20 minutes. But I've got the upper hand here. I'm used to this, I can stand here and be silent all evening.- He took another sip of his punch and looked over in amusement as he saw her curiosity finally get the better of her and she started walking over to him. -22 minutes. That's a new record.-
“So you're the supposed ‘Prince’ that Reno wanted me to talk to. What on Gaia is that supposed to be on your head? You don't look like much of a Prince to me.” Tifa said as she handed him one of his favorite brands of beer.
“Well we all can’t look good with hair.” He said taking the beer. -Well she’s talking to me. That’s a good sign.-
“Besides, I wouldn’t picture you as a prince type. Princes are supposed to be trustworthy and honest. Which you aren’t.” Tifa said giving him a glare.
“Well I thought that a princess was supposed to be forgiving and listen when people are trying to explain things to them.” Rude shot back, giving her a look of his own.
Tifa’s hand twitched involuntarily as she poured another beer. “Well maybe if the Prince didn’t lie in the first place then the Princess wouldn’t need to forgive him! Maybe if the Prince didn’t work for the most evil company in the world where he had to lie to the person he cared about then none of this would’ve happened!”
“Well maybe if the Princess would’ve realized that the Prince loved her more than anything in the world and would’ve rather died than let anything happen to her! That he’s always cared for her and hates himself for what he did to her!” He sighed and looked down at his beer. “And no matter what happens he’s always going to love his Princess, even if she doesn’t want anything to do with him.”
Tifa’s face turned a light pink as she handed another customer their drinks. “Yeah well maybe the Princess realized that it wasn’t worth the cost of betraying those who mean a lot to her!” She said, trying to keep her temper in check.
Rude just shrugged noncommittally. “And maybe those friends are just being selfish. Maybe they don’t want the Princess to be happy. Maybe they just want her to be with the Court Jester instead.”
“What the hell does Reno have anything to do with this?!”
“I was referring to Chocobo Head, but if that makes you feel better, go ahead.”
“Yeah well you’re just jealous of him!”
Rude raised his eyebrow at her. “I’m jealous of him?”
“Yeah, at least Chocobo Head didn’t get totally wrecked by Sephiroth’s remnants!”
“Last I checked he didn’t even try to fight them until everything was said and done. Besides Reno and I did do most of the work. We found the enemies base and all the missing kids. We also kept JENOVA out of their hands. In case you didn’t notice, Loz and I were having an even fight.”
“Yes and you did such a good job keeping them busy.” She said sarcastically with a roll of her eyes.
“Better than Cloud. He could barely handle one of them. Besides, it gave us a chance to try out some new ShinRa tech.”
“Reno must’ve made it then, cause they were able to come back and shoot Cloud, nearly killing him.”
“It’s only because I made the smallest miscalculation!” He said annoyed, crossing his arms.
Tifa tried to hide a giggle by turning her back for a moment. She had almost forgotten how much she enjoyed talking with Rude like this and how easy it was to tease him. “So ShinRa weapons are going to be much more flashy now?”
“The flashy thing is more for Reno’s amusement than anything else. You know what he’s like.” He said as he took a sip of his beer as Tifa gave him a small nod in understanding. “He thought that the explosives needed a bit more…pizzazz. He thought we should go out with a huge bang. Course this will make stealthy missions a big hassle.”
Tifa laughed a bit, shaking her head. She found herself slipping back into her old routine. Even after everything that happened, she still couldn’t help but love him. She found herself wanting to reach over and take his hand, like they usually did when they were talking. It was breaking her heart to have to be so harsh to him, but part of her thought he deserved. Even with what Marlene told her, Rude still lied to her, that was the part she found most unforgivable, but she had to admit to herself that she missed him so much, that she still loved him so much. She found that her eyes were beginning to tear up and cause her vision to become blurry. It didn’t help that the song in the bar changed to a song about a woman saying that she’ll always love someone.
Rude saw that Tifa was starting to cry and put a hand on her face. “Tifa? What’s the matter?” He asked concerned.
Tifa shook her head, tears falling from her eyes. “It’s so hard Rude! Sitting here, talking with you like this, like nothing happened! I just want to go back to what we had before! I hate feeling like this Rude!”
“Tifa, we can go back to what we had before.” He said softly, trying to reassure her.
Tifa shook her head again. “How can we Rude? How can we just forget that this didn’t happen? That you didn’t try and use me for information? Please, don’t try and say that you didn’t Rude! The whole goal of your “mission” was to get me to fall in love with you and get information from me, but that’s what hurts the most. I loved you so much Rude and I know that you cared for me too, but I just don’t know if I can get past the fact of what you did.”
Rude sighed a bit. “I know, but you have to understand, that I never meant to hurt you. All I wanted to do was just to protect you.”
“Yeah, you did a really good job protecting me. Maybe you should’ve protected me from yourself! Then none of this never would’ve happened!” Tifa said, her voice cracking a bit.
Rude sighed a bit. -Maybe it’s just hopeless. Maybe we can’t go back to what we had.- He shook his head to try and clear him mind. “Tifa, I may have done a lot of horrible things as Turk, but the one thing that I will never ever regret is loving you. You are the best thing that happened to me, while my actions were regrettable, I only did them because I cared about you. All I wanted was just to be with you Tifa. I know you may never understand my actions, but I still love you. If you don’t believe anything, just believe that. Loving you was never a lie.”
Tifa could barely hold back her tears and she whispered. “I still love you too Rude, but I can’t deal with this right now. Please, leave me alone.”
“Just promise me that you’ll remember that Tifa, whatever I did, it was out of love for you. Promise me when you are feeling better we can talk about what happened.” He said, putting his hand on her face and tenderly wiping away one of her tears.
Tifa gave him a small nod. “I guess I can try. But that’s all I can promise is that I’ll try Rude. Please, enjoy the rest of the party.”
Rude gave her a small smile and a nod, then took her hand and gave it a kiss, just like he did before and then turned and walked out of the bar. It was hard for him to keep his emotions and his tears at bay as he went back to his table and sat down.
Tifa walked into the small pantry behind the bar and leaned against the wall, covering her mouth with her hand as she began to cry even harder.
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((Note from OneWingedAngel: Sorry for not posting in awhile, writers block and all that. And if you couldn't tell, I meant to have this up by Halloween, but that didn't happen. So here are the costumes of everyone if you didn't figure them out:
Rude= Sabin Rene Figaro from Final Fantasy VI (I partly did this just because picturing Rude with hair is kind of funny!)

Tifa= Dagger, Garnet Til Alexandros XVI from Final Fantasy IX

Marlene= Princess Sara, from the original Final Fantasy

Reno= Cloud (obviously)

Cait Sith= Reeve

Reeve= Cait Sith
Please countine to read and enjoy my story! And thanks to Loveless for giving my story a review! I'm glad you like it! And sorry for not posting a thank you earlier! I didn't know I had a review unitl I checked my page today! Otherwise, I would have gotten this up sooner! -.-' ))
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